disableCoreDumps.sh
#!/bin/sh
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# ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
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# NAME
#	disableCoreDumps.sh -- Disables system core dumps.
#
# SYNOPSIS
#	sudo disableCoreDumps.sh <targetVolume>
#
# DESCRIPTION
#	This script will disable system core dumps.  The Center for Internet Security recommends disabling
#	core dumps in its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Level 1 & 2 Benchmark publication in the section titled 
#	"Disable Core Dumps" and is rule number 2.2.8.
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# HISTORY
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#	Version: 1.2
#
#	- Created by Tedd Herman on November 19th, 2008
#	- Modified by Nick Amundsen on December 30th, 2008
#	- Modified by Blia Xiong on January 2nd, 2009
#	- Modified by Nick Amundsen on June 11th, 2009
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# HARDCODED VALUE FOR "targetVolume" IS SET HERE
targetVolume=""


# CHECK TO SEE IF A VALUE WAS PASSED IN PARAMETER 1 AND, IF SO, ASSIGN TO "USERNAME"
if [ "$1" != "" ] && [ "$targetVolume" == "" ];then
    targetVolume=$1
fi

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# SCRIPT CONTENTS - DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE
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if [ "$targetVolume" == "/" ]; then
	echo "Disabling Core Dumps..."
	/bin/launchctl limit core 0
else
	echo "Error:  This script must be run directly on the booted volume you would like to target.  If this script is being run as part of the imaging process, please ensure that the script priority in the Casper Admin application is set to \"At Reboot\"."
	exit 1
fi

exit 0;